THE GLOBAL BUSINESS DIALOGUE
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Dear Visitor,

In time, this page will open the door to a library of trade policy documents — some generated by GBD and some from other sources.  With one exception, each of the links below is a link to a particular item— statements, articles, MP3 recordings,  PowerPoint presentations, and the like.  The exception is the first entry, which is a link to a group of documents, specifically recent TTALK Quotes and other broadcast emails from GBD.

Recent TTALK Quotes and other Emails

                         Documents from 2010

Document No. 1017 — "Europe's Preferential Trade Agreements: Status, Content, and Implications" is report − dated March 22, 2010 − by Raymond J. Ahearn, Specialist in International Trade and Finance at the Congressional Research Service, part of the Library of Congress.

Document No. 1016 — PowerPoint presentation by Theodore H. Moran, Is China "Locking Up" the World's Natural Resources?, and given at the GBD colloquium The Treasure Hunt: Part II of the GBD series on Raw Materials and Trade, on July 27, 2010.

Document No. 1015 — PowerPoint presentation by Donald Brasher of Global Trade Information Services, shown in conjunction with his presentation at the GBD colloquium on July 27, 2010, The Treasure Hunt: Part II of the GBD series on Raw Materials and Trade.

Document No. 1014 – Remarks of Charles Blum at the GBD colloquium The Stuff of Competitiveness.  Mr. Blum is president of the IAS Group, an international consulting firm.  This event, the first in the GBD series on Raw Materials and Trade, was held in Washington on July 22, 2010.

Document No. 1013 – Testimony on "Rare Earth Minerals and 21st Century Industry" by Terence Stewart of Stewart & Stewart.  This testimony was given on March 16, 2010 before the Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and Technology.  Mr. Stewart addressed the same issue at the GBD colloquium, Raw Materials Part I, on July 22, 2010.

Doc No. 1012 – An MP3 recording of the GBD colloquium, THE TREASURE HUNT: Part II of the GBD Series on Raw Materials and Trade.  This event was held at the National Press Club on July 27, 2010.  Click the document number to listen.

Doc. No. 1011  – An MP3 recording of the GBD Colloquium THE STUFF OF COMPETITIVENESS: Part I of the GBD Series on Raw Materials and Trade. This event was held at the National Press Club on July 22, 2010.  Click the document number to listen.

Doc. No. 1010 -- Signers of the May 2010 letter on the Doha Round negotiations on Fishing Subsidies from Ocean, Mission Blue and 67 citizen of the world to the Leaders of the G-20.

Doc. No. 1008 -- The Agreement published by the parties to the UK Coalition Government -- the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats -- on May 12, 2010.

Doc. No. 1007 -- Letter from R. Bruce Josten of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Senator Chris Dodd and
Representative Howard Berman on the Iran sanctions bill, H.R. 2194, being considered in conference in May 2010.  The letter is dated May 6, 2010

Doc No. 1006 -- Speech by Boeing CEO  Jim McNerney on Renewing U.S. Competitiveness and Innovation in a Changing Global Economy, given on April 22, 2010, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

Doc. No. 1005 Padilla – Christopher Padilla of IBM gave the keynote address at the March 22, 2010, symposium, UP A LEVEL IN ASIA: Improving the Business and Investment Environment in the Asia Pacific Region.  This is the prepared text for that speech.  The event was produced jointly by the Global Business Dialogue and the Embassy of Japan and held at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC. 

Doc. No. 1002_Wolff, the prepared text of Alan Wm. Wolff's presentation at the GBD colloquium on February 24, 2010, VALUING (US) GLOBAL INVESTMENT: A Framework Discussion for FDI Policies from BITs to Taxes.

Doc. No. 1003, Slaughter - How U.S. Multinational Companies Strengthen the U.S. Economy by Professor Matthew J. Slaughter, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, published in the Spring of 2009 by the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Council Foundation.

Doc. No. 1004, GBD - A recording of the GBD colloquium Valuing (U.S.) Global Investment: A Framework Discussion for FDI Policies from BITs to Taxes.  The event was held at the National Press Club on February 24, 2010, and included remarks by Gary Clyde Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute for International Economics; R. Scott Miller of Procter & Gamble; Linda Menghetti from ECAT; and Alan Wm. Wolff with Dewey & LeBoeuf.  Sarah Thorn of Walmart served as moderator.

                        Documents from 2000

Document No. 1001GBD, an edited transcript of the GBD Colloquium, NGOs, Governments, and the WTO, held at the National Press Club in Washington on November 6, 2000.
 
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